Device for removing railroad-ties



(No Model.)

W. H. GROW.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING RAILROAD TIES. No. 303,492. Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

W I TJV' ESSE S ..or device hereinbefore referred to.

plement or device consists of abody or shank,

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING RAILROAD-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,492, dated August 12, 1884.

Application filed May 22, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLI M H. CROW, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mark Centre, in the county of Deliance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Removing Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact.

description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for removing railroad-ties; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter described and set forth, whereby the ties may be laterally removed from the track with but comparatively little exertion on the part of the operator.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a sectional View.

Instead of loosening and knocking the ties out by blows, thereby jarring and deranging other parts of the track, I use the implement The im- A, which is enlarged at a near its lower portion, and then tapers toward its extremity. A point, 1), projects from the lower face of the tapered extremity. A bolt, 0, passes transversely through the enlarged portion a of the shank A and serves as a pivot for a bar B, one portion of which is bifurcated to present side wings, (I, which embrace the enlarged portion a of saidshank, and are pierced by the bolt 0 of the same. A recess, 6, is formed in the free end of the bar B, and is contracted to conform approximately to the shape of the ordinary rail-tread. The central portion of the hook, formed by the recess e, is cut away to bifurcate and spread the same.

In operation, the hook portion of the bar 13 is caused to engage the tread of the rail adja- 5 cent to the tie to be removed, and the point b is forced into the tie, and the lever moved upon the pivot cto force the tie outward from beneath the rail. By causing the bar B to engage the rail a positive and rigid purchase is afforded for the lever.

If necessary, a horizontal handle, 0, may be provided for facilitating the manipulation of the lever.

I claim 1. In a device or implement for removing railroadties, a lever pointed at its lower end, and a hook-bar, B, pivotally attached to said lever, bifurcated at its end, and provided with a recess similar in outline to the upper portion 6d of a rail, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a device or imple ment for removing railroad-ties, of a lever enlarged at a, and provided at its lower end with a point, I), and a bar, B, bifurcatedto form wings (Z, embracing the enlarged portion of the lever, and pivotally attached thereto bya bolt, 0, the free end of said lever being recessed and cut away, substantially as herein set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM HENRY GROW Witnesses:

O. G. SHEPARD, DANIEL G. HUFFMAN. 

